{"id":562916,"date":"2026-05-02T19:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/562916\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T19:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:56:11","slug":"brixton-drive-by-shooting-act-of-indiscriminate-violence-say-met-police-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/562916\/","title":{"rendered":"Brixton drive-by shooting \u2018act of indiscriminate violence\u2019, say Met police | London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A drive-by shooting in Brixton which left four people in hospital on Saturday has been called \u201can act of indiscriminate violence\u201d by police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Shots were fired in the early hours on Coldharbour Lane in the south <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/london\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London<\/a> area, leaving one 25-year-old man in hospital with life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Three others \u2013 21, 47 and 70 years old \u2013 were also taken to hospital, though their injuries have been assessed as not life\u2011threatening or life\u2011changing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A spokesperson for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/metropolitan-police\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metropolitan police<\/a> said no arrests had been made at this time but detectives were \u201cworking at pace to identify those responsible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The force was called at 1.14am after reports of a firearm discharge. Officers, including specialist crime officers, were on the scene within minutes and provided emergency first aid alongside the London ambulance service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A London ambulance service spokesperson said two people were taken to a major trauma centre and the other two to a local hospital, with a trauma team from London\u2019s air ambulance joining ambulance crews.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">DCI Allam Bhangoo, who is leading the investigation, said: \u201cWe understand how concerning this incident will be for the local community and want to reassure residents that officers are working at pace to identify those responsible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThis was an act of indiscriminate violence, and we will work relentlessly to bring the suspects to justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cIt is vital that anyone who witnessed the incident, or has information that could assist the investigation, comes forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cLocal residents can expect to see an increased police presence in the area over the coming days. If you have any concerns, please speak to officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Met appealed for anyone with information or footage that could assist police to contact 101, or alternatively information can be provided anonymously via the independent charity <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers-uk.org\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crimestoppers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A drive-by shooting in Brixton which left four people in hospital on Saturday has been called \u201can act&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-562916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}